Reports: UAB football to be reinstated

According to multiple reports, UAB president Ray Watts will reinstate the football program Monday in a 4 p.m. press conference.

The decision comes just months after the school dropped its football program in December, with Watts citing the program couldn’t be supported financially.

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UAB should now remain in Conference USA, which requires its members to have FBS-level football programs.

Tennessee was the only SEC team scheduled to play UAB in 2015, and the Vols replaced the Blazers with Bowling Green.